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IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-WBELS;

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TOYALL WHOM IT MAY GONERN:

Be it known thatI, T. J. KINDLEBERGER, of Eaton, inthe county of Preble, and State of'Ohio', haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Water-Wheels; andi I kdo hercbydeclare that the following is a full, Y

clear,'and exact description thereof,rei`erenee being had to .the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification,and` to the' letters of reference marked thereon, like lettersindicating like parts wherever they' occur. i y v To enable others skilled in the art to construct and usermy inventionI will proceed to describe-it.

'My invention consists, lrst, in a novel'rconstruction of the ,plates and buckets of the wheel itself; and, second, in a novel arrangement of devices for closing and opening the gates.-

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Figure 21is a vertical section, showing the form of the `plates orjrilus.v Figure'3 is a top plan view ot the wheel-case, exhibiting the devices for operating the buckets, and Figures 4, and 5 views illustrating theangl'es of the buckets. i

Figure 1 is a side elevation' of `the wheel, with a portion ofthe lower plate broken away to more clearlyl Myvpresent invention has for its object the construction of awheel which shall more fully utilize thepower i of the water, and alsoenable the gates toY be opened and closedA rapidly and easily. i My improved wheel Irrconstr'uct with two series of buckets, placed one above the other, and'held in 'place between annular rims andy plates, similar to some of those formerly patented ,to me, but differing both in the- 'form of the platesand 'oi' the-buckets. `The upper plate, A, I make whole, in the form of a disk, recessedon the top'from the inner edgeof the buckets to thehub at the centre,` through which'the shaft D passes, and to -which it'is keyed fast. vFrom the outer edge, this plate'extends inward horizontally throne-fifth the'width of the space occupied by the buckets E, and thence inclines down-ward, at an, angle of thirty-live degrees, to the inner edge of .the buckets, as representedin iig. 2, from which point it extends inward horizontally to the hubat the centre. then 'construct' an annular rim, B,similar in form,but having its horizontal portion two-ninths of its width, and the remaining portion inclining at-an'angle of forty-one degrees. i

"Between these two,` the plate A and therim B, Isecure the upper tier of buckets, E,- as shown in ig. 1.

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outerfconcave portion receiving the impact of the water 'as it first enters the wheel between the gates Jywhich are located vertically at various points in the euse surrounding the wheel, and operating,` when open, as guides to direct' the` water uponfthe'buckets, as indicated 4by the arrows in fig. 1, in'whicha couple ofthe buckets J are shown in position. i y v These buckets, E and F, consist of plates ofiron, cast solid with the plate and rims,'or of steel plaxtes, made separately, and having the plate and rims cast on them, and they are placed-so thatv their outer edges incline forward fifteen degrees from the perpendicular, as shown1 in fig. 4, those ot'one tier standing midway between those of the other tier, as shown in iig; l. The buckets E'have their inner lower corner curved backward, asindicated at o,fig.,2, thereby imparting to them a slightly-spiral form, the inner lower portion inclining more and more towards a horizontalposition, so that. the water shall continue to press upon it as long as there` is any force left in it. i i

The lower rim, C, has its outer portion made horizontal for one-eighth of its width, the remaining serena eighths inclining downward at an anglcef seventy degrees, as shown in figs. 1 and 2. Between this rim C and the rim B, I locate the lower tier'of buckets, F, the outer edges of which incline fteen degrees, the same as thosel above. The inner edges of` the buckets F are curved, as shown at f, iig. 2, from the point o, at thc inner 4 edge oftherim B, to the point a, at the lower-inner: edge of the rim. C,'the point abeing bent or curved back- 'ward for a much greater distance than those of thc buckets E, as shown in iig` 1, vrhere the rim C is broken away, the lower portion of these buckets F standing at an inclination of about twenty-three degreesfrom the horizontal, as represented in iig. 4. -Both tiersot buckets are so located, that when a line, t,'is drawn, ,as rpresented in g. 5, so as to intersect the .two edges of the-bucket, and a line, r, is drawn from the inner edge of one bucket to intersect vthe outer edge of the next one, the two lines,` t and r, s hall form an angle of thirty-one degrees, as there shownthe line t intersecting the extremities of the bucket, thus vforming an angle of fiftynine degrees with -a line drawn horizontally across thecentre of the wheel, these lines being all rtakenpat the top edge of the buckets. By this peculiar construction and arrangement of the buckets and rims, I produce a wheel that is exceedingly eieient in utilizing the power of the water, v

The case, with its gates, I construct on the same pld-n as in my patent of March 19, 1867, but'the devices for operating the gates I construct on a diiferent plan. vIn that, I used' a'wornl-wlieel for moving the plate Gr, to which the rods ZV connect the gates. In practice, I ind the worm-wheel objectionable, for the reason that it is too slow in its operation.. In my present improved plan, I use a'pinion, I, secured to a vertical shaft, which is provided at its upper end with a hand-wheel for turning it. This pinion isarranged to gear into and move with lghe case and vertical gates of a water-wheel, as herein shown and described.

a segmental rack, which is pivoted'upon the top plate L of the case, at its opposite end, as shown at g. 3, and'this rack, H, I connect to the plate'or c ollar'G by a rod or bar, P, so as t0 form a knuckle-joint', whereby great power is brought to bear upon and turn the collar Gr, and thereby to close land open the' gates J with ease. By this arrangement of devices, the gates can be closed or openedi'with but little effort, and with-.much greater rapidity than by the worm-wheel formerly used.

Having thus described my invention, yviiat'I claim, is v v 1. The water-wheel, consisting ofthe plate A and rims Band C, with the two tiers of buckets, E and F, all constructed and arranged substantially asherein described.

' 2. The rim C and buckets F, when Icornetructed and combined as setforth.

3. The, combination of the pinion Insegmental,` rack. H, rodP, and collar G, when arranged in connection T. J. KINDLEBERGER.

Witnesses.:

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